Bandit Alley

MODEL SPECIFIC => BIG BANDIT BANTER => Topic started by: flipbandit on February 04, 2006, 01:00:06 PM

Title: H.I.D.
Post by: flipbandit on February 04, 2006, 01:00:06 PM

ever tried putting high intensity discharge light on bandits?

Title: H.I.D.
Post by: ATC'er on February 04, 2006, 04:12:58 PM

Is that the same thing as xenon?  If so, I have a kit for my Bandit and will tell you the results when I get it installed.

Title: H.I.D.
Post by: ray nielsen on February 04, 2006, 11:13:32 PM

A High Intensity Discharge lighting system is quite different than a simple bulb change.  

HID uses a special power supply to produce high voltage pulses that ionize a gas inside the bulb envelope.  This strobing effect is too rapid for the naked eye to notice, but it is a strobe effect and consumes less current than a continuously lighted bulb.  

There are "kits" available but they're fairly expensive at about $400 - $500.  They include a power pack, ballast and a different bulb.  While expensive they do produce a lot brighter light and the bults should last longer due to not having a filament to burn out.

Title: H.I.D.
Post by: green98cavy on February 05, 2006, 12:49:26 AM

HIDynamics (http://hidynamic.com/) has HID kits for motorcycles, and they're nowhere near $400-$500.  I have a set of 10k's for my car, but I haven't gotten to put them in yet, as the new headlight housings I was going to put on my car got ripped off out of my car.  I've been thinking about a kit for my B6, probably after I get the jet kit on, new front springs and fork seals on, and new rear shock on.